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14th Sep 2020

How A Small Japanese Community Embraced Change To Reach Its Zero Waste Goals

This community rallied together, replacing their incinerators and landfill “hole” with an amazing system of reducing, reusing, recycling and composting!

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7th Aug 2018

The Proof That Climate Change Is Here

The link between the current weather events and climate change is strong and undeniable. Global temperatures are on the rise and setting more and more high temperature records.

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26th Sep 2016

How To: Traditional Boro Clothes Mending

Traditional Japanese boro cloths have a beauty like no other. Each cloth tells a unique story of its journey through life with patches carefully sewed on and reinforced with stitching, often over generations of a single family.

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14th Mar 2016

These incredible bacteria eat plastic, but they’re not quite the end to our rubbish woes

Amazing discovery in Japan doesn't mean that we can just forget about doing our bit to reduce plastic consumption

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17th Dec 2015

Forget glass, plastic and paper: This town in Japan separates its rubbish into 34 categories!

Japan’s tiny town of Kamikatsu is home to just 1,700 residents. Despite its small size, the village is making a big difference when it comes to waste reduction.

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28th Aug 2015